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Post by fretslider on Apr 8, 2020 4:42:58 GMT -5
Keir Starmer hasn't been in the job 5 minutes, yet he managed what Corbyn never could...
Sheila Oakes, the Labour mayor of Heanor, has been forced to apologise for her Facebook comment under a post that showed a message of support for medical workers, which also referenced Boris Johnson’s condition.
She wrote: “Sorry, he completely deserves this and he is one of the worst PMs we’ve ever had.”
Her comments attracted criticism from Facebook users, with one saying it was a “cruel thing to say”.
She clarified her post by explaining: “Johnson has done absolutely nothing for the UK - have you heard how the nurses and doctors have no PPE, that there were not enough ventilators, that the NHS is massively underfunded and yet it is having to deal with this virus.”
The Labour leader of Amber Valley District Council, Chris Emmas-Williams, said the party had withdrawn the whip from Oakes, and added that complaints had been pouring into his email box “from Powys to Plymouth” following her remarks.
Emmas-Williams said a full internal party investigation would get underway and could eventually take place by video conference, given the lockdown.
A separate district council standards inquiry may also follow for Oakes, an Amber Valley councillor since 2014, if formal complaints are made to the local authority.
In a statement on Facebook, the Amber Valley Labour Group leader said: “As leader of the Council & Labour Group I am appalled and very disappointed by the comments posted on Facebook by Cllr Sheila Oakes.
www.theneweuropean.co.uk/top-stories/derbyshire-mayor-says-boris-johnson-deserves-coronavirus-1-6597587
Going, going... gone.
A COUNCILLOR and town mayor has been expelled from the Labour Party for saying Boris Johnson "completely deserves" to have coronavirus.
Replying to a message calling for people to say a prayer for the Prime Minister, Councillor Oakes wrote: "Sorry, he completely deserves this and he is one of the worst PMs we’ve ever had."
www.express.co.uk/news/politics/1266342/Labour-Party-news-Boris-Johnson-health-coronavirus-latest-Labour-councillor
She's out, but she doesn't have to resign the seat before the next election....
Sheila Oakes, the Labour mayor of Heanor, has been forced to apologise for her Facebook comment under a post that showed a message of support for medical workers, which also referenced Boris Johnson’s condition.
She wrote: “Sorry, he completely deserves this and he is one of the worst PMs we’ve ever had.”
Her comments attracted criticism from Facebook users, with one saying it was a “cruel thing to say”.
She clarified her post by explaining: “Johnson has done absolutely nothing for the UK - have you heard how the nurses and doctors have no PPE, that there were not enough ventilators, that the NHS is massively underfunded and yet it is having to deal with this virus.”
The Labour leader of Amber Valley District Council, Chris Emmas-Williams, said the party had withdrawn the whip from Oakes, and added that complaints had been pouring into his email box “from Powys to Plymouth” following her remarks.
Emmas-Williams said a full internal party investigation would get underway and could eventually take place by video conference, given the lockdown.
A separate district council standards inquiry may also follow for Oakes, an Amber Valley councillor since 2014, if formal complaints are made to the local authority.
In a statement on Facebook, the Amber Valley Labour Group leader said: “As leader of the Council & Labour Group I am appalled and very disappointed by the comments posted on Facebook by Cllr Sheila Oakes.
www.theneweuropean.co.uk/top-stories/derbyshire-mayor-says-boris-johnson-deserves-coronavirus-1-6597587
Going, going... gone.
A COUNCILLOR and town mayor has been expelled from the Labour Party for saying Boris Johnson "completely deserves" to have coronavirus.
Replying to a message calling for people to say a prayer for the Prime Minister, Councillor Oakes wrote: "Sorry, he completely deserves this and he is one of the worst PMs we’ve ever had."
www.express.co.uk/news/politics/1266342/Labour-Party-news-Boris-Johnson-health-coronavirus-latest-Labour-councillor
She's out, but she doesn't have to resign the seat before the next election....
